org.apache.wicket.util.lang
Class Classes

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.wicket.util.lang.Classes

public final class Classes
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for dealing with classes.

Author:

Jonathan Locke

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	name(java.lang.Class c) Gets the name of the given class or null if the class is null.
static java.lang.Class	relativeClass(java.lang.Class scope, java.lang.String path) Takes a Class and a relative path to a class and returns any class at that relative path.
static java.lang.Class	resolveClass(java.lang.String className)
static java.lang.String	simpleName(java.lang.Class c) Gets the name of a given class without the prefixed package path

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

name

public static java.lang.String name(java.lang.Class c)

Gets the name of the given class or null if the class is null.

Parameters:

c - The class

Returns:

The class name

relativeClass

public static java.lang.Class relativeClass(java.lang.Class scope,
                                            java.lang.String path)
                                     throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Takes a Class and a relative path to a class and returns any class at that relative path. For example, if the given Class was java.lang.System and the relative path was "../util/List", then the java.util.List class would be returned.

Parameters:

scope - The package to start at

path - The relative path to the class

Returns:

The class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

resolveClass

public static java.lang.Class resolveClass(java.lang.String className)

Parameters:

className - Class to resolve

Returns:

Resolved class

simpleName

public static java.lang.String simpleName(java.lang.Class c)

Gets the name of a given class without the prefixed package path

Parameters:

c - The class

Returns:

The class name